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Build a positive school climate to impact students, teachers, and the community!
Is improving school climate on your to-do list? Do you think about it as a top-down directive or as a dialogue to build equity within the school? A healthy school environment should never be seen as an option, but instead supported as a must-have.
Peter DeWitt offers leaders practical high impact strategies to improve school climate, deepen involvement in student learning, and engage a broader family network. In addition to international vignettes focused on community stakeholders and research-based practices, this book features tools such as:
• A leadership growth cycle to help leaders build their self-efficacy
• A teacher observation cycle centered on building collective efficacy
• An early warning system to identify potential at-risk students
• Action steps following each chapter to apply to your own setting
• Discussion questions for use in team environments
Establishing a supportive and inclusive school climate where professionals can take risks to improve the lives of students is vital to maximize learning in any school community.
"This is a fabulous book by a renowned expert in the field of leadership. Peter DeWitt explains the complex and credible in a way that is thought-provoking, challenging and inspiring. I love how he gives insights in what successful collaborative leadership is and shows how we can all build our skills and mindset for leading towards collective efficacy."
—James Nottingham, Challenging Learning author and creator of #TheLearningPit
JN Partnership LTD, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction: A Tale of Two Leaders
Meet Tim
Meet Trudy
Leadership and School Climate
Chapter 1. What Is Collaborative Leadership?
The Hattie Effect
The Importance of Self-Efficacy
In Pursuit of Collaboration
What the Research Says
Collaborative Leadership Framework
Collaborative Leadership Growth Cycle
In the End
Chapter 2. School Climate: Setting Up a Safe Space to Collaborate
Why Does School Climate Matter?
Collaborative Leadership Framework for Teachers
Solving the Issues: Collaboration in Action
In the End
Chapter 3. Climate Change: Raising Student Self-Efficacy
Social-Emotional Learning
Minoritized Populations
The Early Warning System (EWS)
Using the Early Warning System
A Warning About the EWS
In the End
Chapter 4. Increasing Teacher Self-Efficacy
The Cycle of Collaborative Teacher Observation: A Review
Professional Learning and Development (PLD)
Teacher Leaders and School Climate
Building Collective Efficacy Through Collaborative Inquiry
Classroom Climate
In the End
Chapter 5. Building Collective Efficacy With Families
What Do We Expect From Families?
Family Engagement Communication
Do We Openly Listen to Families?
In the End
Chapter 6. Building Our Own Self-Efficacy
A Tale of Two Leaders
What's Your Mindset?
How Do Leaders Increase Their Own Self-Efficacy?
In the End
Appendix
Collaborative Leadership Reflection Tool
Faculty Meeting Exit Ticket
Teacher Efficacy Scale (Short Form)
Collective Teacher Efficacy Scale
Leadership Self-Efficacy Scale
References
Index
